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Why You Should Attend

The year 2010 brings many new opportunities and challenges to our industry. The liquidity crunch created by the global economic crisis continues to affect our industry—making it even more difficult to develop affordable housing around the country. At the same time, changes in policy at HUD and the implementation of the incentives in the stimulus package have dramatically changed how affordable housing and community development deals get done. Led by industry experts, this conference will provide candid insights, observations, and real-life examples for how to address these issues in a changing economy. It will convene some of the most experienced developers, financiers, technical experts, policy makers, and advocates who are redefining how affordable housing and community development are being developed in this country.

Topics covered throughout this conference will encompass some of the most important obstacles and opportunities associated with developing affordable housing in 2010 and beyond, including

• leveraging federal programs available for affordable housing,
• capitalizing on the Credit Exchange and TCAP,
• opportunities and challenges for housing preservation,
• assessing the state of the debt and equity markets,
• updates on industry initiatives to expand the tax credit investor market,
• increasing profits with green technologies, and
• creative methods to raise equity capital in uncertain times.

Who Should Attend

• Experienced developers, syndicators, and others in the affordable housing industry who seek to access the various public and private resources available to develop, own, and operate affordable housing during these challenging economic times
• Investors, lenders, property managers, and others in the housing finance community looking for a candid analysis of the state of the debt and equity markets, along with a forward-looking discussion of the emerging trends affecting affordable housing and community development in 2010 and beyond
• State and local housing agency staff seeking to learn the “best practices” when implementing TCAP and the Credit Exchange program, as well as keeping current on recent trends relating to the development, operation, and asset management of tax credit properties
• Real estate and tax attorneys, accountants, and other professional advisers to the tax credit community who need the latest business, tax, regulatory, and accounting information to help developers, investors, and lenders close transactions in this economic climate

For more information and to register, please visit www.ipedinc.net.